Public bug reported: I use Ubuntu 17.10 Server 64bit with latest updates. (Fresh installation)
apt-cache policy netplan netplan: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.10.1-5 Version table: 1.10.1-5 500 500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 Packages apt-cache policy ifupdown ifupdown: Installed: 0.8.16ubuntu2 Candidate: 0.8.16ubuntu2 Version table: *** 0.8.16ubuntu2 500 500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status systemd-networkd is installed and used Network-Manager is not installed. /etc/network/interfaces is untouched after installation Netplan does not set device name configured in /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml Here my .yaml network: version: 2 renderer: networkd ethernets: lan: match: macaddress: 00:12:34:56:29:e8 set-name: lan dhcp4: false dhcp6: false accept-ra: false addresses: - 10.10.0.48/24 - 1701:5740:5000:3301::48/64 I had to switch back to predictable device names like "eth0" in /etc/default/grub with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" and update-grub. After this change and reboot, the name is set properly but the network remains still unconfigured. You have to login with console and type 'netplan apply' or 'systemctl restart systemd-networkd'. This command will configure the network. Funny thing about this behavior. If you reboot the system more often, out of 10 times one time network gets configured properly. I guess this is a timing issue. 'systemd-analize blame' shows what services are started at what time. I found out this difference. With unconfigured network systemd-networkd is started at about 34ms With configured network systemd-networkd is usually started at about 400ms I played around a lot with timing in systemd-network.service but that did not change the thing. ** Affects: nplan (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: netplan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758820 Title: netplan can not rename device names To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nplan/+bug/1758820/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs